Rich Man, Poor Man

Summary Betty Wynne is forced to work as a maid in a boarding-house after her mother's death. There she falls in love with one of the residents, Bayard Varick. Another of the lodgers, old Henry Mapleson, so admires Betty's sunny disposition that, in order to promote her well-being, he forges a document suggesting that she is the long-lost granddaughter of millionaire John K. Beeston. The insensitive old businessman, whom nobody loves, softens under Betty's influence and soon comes to love her dearly. Bayard, however, believing that Beeston ruined his father in a business deal years earlier, refuses to visit Betty in the rich man's house. Imagining that Bayard no longer loves her, Betty agrees to Beeston's wish that she marry her cousin, but when Bayard learns of Mapleson's forgery, he hurries to Beeston's estate to claim his sweetheart. The old man is reluctant to give her up but finally relents when he discovers that Bayard is his long-lost grandson. View more details

Rich Man, Poor Man

Directed : J. Searle Dawley

Written : J. Searle Dawley Tom Bret George Broadhurst

Stars : Richard Barthelmess Marguerite Clark Frederick Warde George Backus

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Details

Genres : Drama Romance

Release date : Apr 21, 1918

Countries of origin : United States

Language : None

Filming locations : Famous Players Studios - 130 West 56th Street, New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Summary Betty Wynne is forced to work as a maid in a boarding-house after her mother's death. There she falls in love with one of the residents, Bayard Varick. Another of the lodgers, old Henry Mapleson, so admires Betty's sunny disposition that, in order to promote her well-being, he forges a document suggesting that she is the long-lost granddaughter of millionaire John K. Beeston. The insensitive old businessman, whom nobody loves, softens under Betty's influence and soon comes to love her dearly. Bayard, however, believing that Beeston ruined his father in a business deal years earlier, refuses to visit Betty in the rich man's house. Imagining that Bayard no longer loves her, Betty agrees to Beeston's wish that she marry her cousin, but when Bayard learns of Mapleson's forgery, he hurries to Beeston's estate to claim his sweetheart. The old man is reluctant to give her up but finally relents when he discovers that Bayard is his long-lost grandson. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Romance

Release date : Apr 21, 1918

Countries of origin : United States

Language : None

Filming locations : Famous Players Studios - 130 West 56th Street, New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

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